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Pujiang-2

Rocket launch

by China

Launch time29 Mar 202209:50 UTC

success

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: 6A-Y1

Maiden flight of Long March 6A, China's first rocket with solid rocket boosters. The vehicle is a further development of the Long March 6, with 2 YF-100 engines on the first stage as opposed to 1 on the Long March 6, augmented by 4 solid rocket boosters. It was also the first launch from the newly built launch complex 9A in Taiyuan.

Rocket Long March6A

launched from Taiyuan, LC-9AChina

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Pujiang-2Earth observation--
Tiankun-2Technology demonstration--